WEEK TWO EXECUTION

[grigori]

week two: execution no melodies no memories

Hopefully you got a long night of sleep? Barring that, you got whatever answers, or closure, you might have needed. Because it's strangely quiet, the following Sunday morning, the everyday background music you've all gotten used to reduced to mere echoes on the wind.

Breaking the silence, somewhere, much like the song of Friday, there is the echoing, cruel laughter of voices you should faintly recognize throughout the city. It's followed by humming of that newly familiar song. It's strongest, interestingly, close to the plaza.

As time turns to 1 PM, though, there is a change as the voices fade. While there's no compulsion to investigate it, there's a small gathering in the plaza. Your three Watchers are here with their daemons, and so are... Suigetsu, and his daemon, front and center. All damages and evidence, anything amiss from the weekend, is all gone, and replaced with the state of the plaza from the week prior.

Nearby, the Watchers stand clustered together. Suriel is silent where they lean on their crutch, wings drooping under their cloak as their caracal paces restlessly. Shamsiel is also silent as they stand there to the other side of Suriel, their cloak covering them completely with the exception of their one good arm which clenches at their chest. Keeping an eye on Suigetsu is Baraqiel, tiger-formed daemon tracking Naito closely, pacing where the Watchers have estimated the boundary will be.

And then, another party will be compelled to join them. Rochalizo will find that his feet are carrying him to his destination, Philia sticking close to him as they travel across banks and canals to the heart of the markets. Once he passes through the centermost area of the plaza, opposite where Suigetsu stands, he'll find that he can't go back, and neither can his daemon.

Likewise, no one can enter the plaza further than where the three Watchers stand, having gotten a good gauge of what will happen now. There will be no interfering from outside parties, no matter what it is that's about to happen. Any attempts to do so will result in them meeting an invisible barrier, one that rebuffs them with the same amount of force used against it—so take care.

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[evocationary]

[she's also here, but she's significantly less down for murder than mugen, and she looks... concerned. her ears are pressed back against her skull.]

Okay, are we going to explain what's going on here, or.

[greatdeduction]

...

[Looking over at her, smiling briefly, but it fades.]

We have brought a most unfortunate ritual to your doors, my dear madam. That man with his aquatic creature has committed a grave murder, and now we are forced into...execution.

[evocationary]

[she scoots over to him, because at least she knows this guy.]

... Really. [a beat.] Guess we didn't even have to go into the city for shit to go south, huh.

[greatdeduction]

[He's reaching into his coat to pull out a couple of pieces of candy - she can take one.]

It seems so. If I were you...I wouldn't stay. These events are most brutal.

[evocationary]

[... her ear flicks, when he offers the candy, and she takes it.]

The only reason I'm here is to babysit Mugen. [a pause.] It's okay. I've seen worse.

[greatdeduction]

Ah, the rambunctious man in the back?

[He's unwrapping the other piece to chew on, pensively.]

What should be reassuring for you all, however, is the fact that we will be out of your hair the next day. We only travel to worlds week by week, after all.

[evocationary]

That's the one!

[there's a pause, and then:] You guys are leaving?

[aono]

[EARS...]

I gotta be honest: I don't really understand it either.

[evocationary]

[i will give my elves cat features and nobody can stop me]

Reassuring. Really. [she says, dryly.]

[aono]

The guy with white hair murdered someone and we got forced to execute him for it.

[Probably not any more reassuring, but.]

[evocationary]

[oh. okay, not reassuring, but it makes sense!]

... Well, that's a touch fucked up. [...] You guys have the means to make sure whoever comes out doesn't die also, right?

[aono]

Yeah, we got medicine and stuff. Ro-Ro will be fine, we'll take care of him.

[callalilies]

[ kaeya is solemn, weirdly enough, and very focused on the ring at hand. polaris at his side in wolf form bristles. ]

It's a public execution... it happens after each trial we complete... [ his expression is tight. ] We've yet to find a way around it, the last time they punished us for pushing back, badly. We'll just have to keep trying.

[evocationary]

[she very gently rests a hand on his arm.]

They punished you? Who is they? [a beat. she sort of buzzes a bit.] Who is they?

[rerouter]

[ma'am why are you buzzing...]

[evocationary]

[stop its not literal i'm just bad at writing]

[rerouter]

[english is hard it's fine no lup maracas today]

[callalilies]

[ the gentle touch gets a soft lean into. he has burn scars that weren't there when they first met??? stretching up towards his jaw/neck. and his eyepatch is now just a cloth wrapped around his eye. ]

Whoever watches the Watchers. [ he points towards where the celestials/hooded and masked figures are seated. ] The Watchers themselves... they've tried to vie for us multiple times, without much luck.

[evocationary]

[your BURNS. KAEYA. she looks concerned.]

Huh. [she very gently tucks his hair out of his face to try and get a better look at those burns.] Well, it definitely doesn't look like they were able to help you much. Are you cleaning these?

[callalilies]

[ bah. he'll let her, leans in a little. the shirt is never fully closed up so she can see the ones on the right side of the chest. they do look tended to, and they're not as debilitating as they were friday night at least. ]

I mean, I do my best, but there's a lot. They're on the mend... [ he frowns ] I just wish we weren't so low on medical supplies. We'll have to see if we can get anything from the Watchers in a few days...

[yueshen]

...A tragedy, in many senses of the word.

[ :c

but, quietly - ] ...Miss, did the children settle in alright? [ none of them better be here ]

[evocationary]

[ah, hello, she remembers you.]

Of course they did. [don't worry none of them are here, clint's probably watching them] ... Thanks again. By the way.

[yueshen]

[ he gives a solemn bow of his head. ]

Of course. I only wish we could have done more, miss - but, I hope they are enjoying their time in the sun. I have meant to come by and visit more, but... [ glances back at everything and also his own injuries ] ...it has been very busy.

[evocationary]

I don't blame you! This seems like a huge clusterfuck.

[...] And all of you are just going to leave and have to do it all over again, huh.

[that feels weirdly familiar for some reason but she can't put her finger on it.]

[yueshen]

[ maybe it just makes her feel .... hungry

heh ]

That's correct. [ he nods, voice quiet. ] It has been three weeks of this, now. But... to know that we were able to help people, here - I am glad. Moreso than anything, that has brought me a great joy.